Английская Википедия:Alessio di Giovanni
Alessio di Giovanni (Cianciana, 11 October 1872 – Palermo, 6 December 1946) was an Italian poet, novelist, and playwright.[1] Much of his work is in Sicilian.[2]
Early life
di Giovanni was born in the Cianciana in the province of Agrigento on October 11, 1872Шаблон:Cn to parents Gaetano di Giovanni and Filippa Guida. His father owned a large holding of the countryside around Cianciana including several sulfur mines. Di Giovanni's later poetic works were influenced by the rugged mountains and isolated fields of the Platani Valley[3] in which his birthplace of Cianciana can be found. His father, in those years, was elected mayor of Cianciana for three consecutive terms, from 1876 to 1884 . Alessio then spent his childhood in the small town of Agrigento, attending elementary schools from 1878 to 1884. At age 12 he moved with his family to Palermo, Sicily.[4]
Career works
Stories
- Popular songs from Agrigento , Noto, Zammit, 1894.
- ' Ntra l'aira , Catania, 22 November 1896.
- Maju sicilianu , Naples, Chiurazzi, 1896.
- Lu fattu di Bbissana , Naples, 1900.
- Fattuzzi razziusi , Naples, 1900.
- A lu passu di Girgenti , Catania, 1902.
- Lu cuntu di lu patruni , Palermo, June 1901.
- Saccular clouds , November 29, 1903.
- La minnitta , December 8, 1903.
- Return amaru , December 20, 1903.
- In the Valplàtani , Palermo, 1904.
- Cristu , Palermo, 1906.
- Za Francischedda , Palermo, June 3, 1910.
- Nini's pantry from la zurfara , Palermo, 1910.
Poems
- ' Nfernu veru , Naples, Chiurazzi, 1899.
- Lu puvireddu amurusu , Palermo, 1906.
- Father Luca's poem , Palermo-Milan, 1935.
- The seat cu li vrazza , Palermo, 1911.
- Vènnari di marzu , Palermo, 1911.
- Voices of the feud , Palermo, 1938.
Novels
- The deaths of lu Patriarca , Palermo, 1920.
- The racina of Sant'Antoni , Catania, 1939.
- Lu saracinu , Palermo, 1980.
Articles
- Story of a woman , Sicilian Chronicle, Terranova di Sicilia, April 10, 1889.
- For a popular poet, Popular illustration, Milan, February 15, 1889.
- Na dumanna to Turiddu Mamu , La Patria, 15 September 1889.
- Art at the Exhibition , Friend of the people, Palermo, January 7, 1892.
- For the lamp of the Madonna , Corriere di Palermo, Palermo, July 1892.
- The inventor of phonographs , La fenice, Girgenti, 4 September 1898.
- On the sacred Verna , Gazzetta di Messina and Calabria, Messina 26 May 1904.
- Holy week in Valplatani , January–February 1907.
- The seat cu li vrazza , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, February 12, 1911.
- Vennari of March , Corriere di Sicilia, 11 April 1911.
- Our articles in Felibre , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 12 May 1911.
- In the field of felibri , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 27 February et seq. 1911.
- From felibri , Il Solco, Palermo, January 1912.
- A poet priest and a chivalrous brigand , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 1912.
Essays
- Saru Platania and dialectal poetry in Sicily , Naples, 1896.
- Peasants from Valdelsa and villagers from Realmonte , Naples, 1900.
- In Val di Noto , Sicula, Palermo, January–February 1905.
- The Modica Costume Painter , May–June 1905.
- The poetry of a loner , Palermo, Coop. Tip. Sicilian, 1913.
- The art of Giovanni Verga , Palermo, 1920.
- The Franciscan dream , Assisi, 1922.
- The Sicilian dialect in the work of Verga , Siciliana, Catania, January 1923.
- The dialect and the language , Palermo, 1924.
- The modernity of the Franciscan ideal , The Tradition, Palermo, 1928.
- Verga and the felibrige , Studies by Verga, Palermo, 1929.
- Priests and Franciscans of Sicily in the Garibaldi Epic of 1860 , Palermo, 1932.
- The Life and Work of Giovanni Meli , Florence, 1934.
Theatrical works
- Scunciuru , Noto, Orecchia, 1895.
- Gabrieli lu Carusu , Palermo, Maraffa Abate, 1910.
- The Last Sicilians , Catania, 1932.
- Sicilian theater , collection, Catania, 1932.
Translations
- G. Pascoli, Abandoned , November 3, 1903.
- G. Roumanille, Provençal tales , Palermo, 1913.
- T. Aubanel, The Virgins of Avignon , Milan, 1914.
- M. Jouveau, Image Flourentin, Avignon, 1921.
- The Fioretti di San Francesco , Palermo, 1926.
- A. Pisaneschi, The voices of the mountain , Pistoia, Grazzini, 1926.
- G. Verdaguer, The poem of St. Francis , Assisi, 1927.
- G. Jorgensen, Olivae Fructus , Florence, 1929.
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